The great Roy Jones Jr (65-9, 47 KOs) will be making his last appearance in the ring against former WBC United States National Champion, Scott "Cujo" Sigmon, (30-11-1-16ko's.) This fight will take place on February 8th, live from the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.

Another blockbuster boxing event will come to Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®, as unbeaten heavyweight world champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder defends his title against unbeaten contender Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz on Saturday, March 3 in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

The long-awaited return of former two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) is now no longer a mystery. The Philadelphia fighter will step back in the squared circle against former lightweight world champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (34-3-1, 25 KOs). The bout will take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on February 17 live on premium cable channel Showtime.

Current unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) who holds the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight titles is eyeing a return to the ring and is reportedly close to a deal with former world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KO)

Earlier this week cable television network Showtime announced that the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor PPV (pay-per-view) sold an extraordinary 4.3 million buys. The match took place this past August in Las Vegas and faced an unprecedented amount of criticism for being a mismatch and a circus show. All the criticism in the world had no impact on the fights finances with Mayweather-McGregor now being the second-highest selling PPV in history. The bout pit a returning 40-year old Mayweather who had been out of the ring for two-years and McGregor making his professional boxing debut.

Lomachenko-Rigondeaux delivered in television rating. The fight garnered the second highest television ratings on cable for the year 2017. It was only behind former eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao’s controversial loss to Australia’s Jeff Horn this past July.

Golden Boy Promotions will present Lucas Matthysse (38-4, 35 KOs) and Jorge Linares (43-3, 27 KOs) on the same card at The Forum in Inglewood, California on January 27 as the first event on HBO’s ‘Boxing After Dark’ for 2018.

Making his return to the ring after a 25-month layoff St. Louis’ Devon Alexander (27-4, 14 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over tough Nicaraguan slugger Walter Castillo (26-5-1, 19 KOs). Alexander looked back to his championship form, as he was able to time Castillo throughout the fight. In the second round, Alexander scored a beautiful knockdown with a four-punch combination highlighted by his well-known right uppercut. The judges awarded Alexander the victory with scores of 100-89 twice and 96-93.